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How aid donors, the media, and the public responded to the famine in Somalia - get the datahttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-data
The UN formally declared famine 20 July 2011. We used data on aid, media coverage and public engagement to explore how the world reacted<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/interactive/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-interactive">• Explore the interactive based on this data</a><p>On 20 July 2011, the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/20/un-declares-famine-somalia">UN formally declared famine</a> in two regions of Somalia. <a href="http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/pressroom/reactions/un-announcement-declaring-famine-parts-somalia-must-be-urgent-wake-call" title="">Oxfam said</a> the announcement marked a &quot;catastrophic breakdown of the world's collective responsibility to act.&quot; A number of questions followed: could aid donors have responded earlier? Why didn't they? Is the media to blame? Why does 'famine' compel more attention than 'humanitarian emergency'? Could the crisis have been averted?</p><p>The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/03/famine-somalia-over-says-un">UN formally declared the famine over</a> in early February 2012, and similar questions followed: Will the decision to downgrade the crisis in Somalia from 'famine' to 'emergency' levels effectively downgrade public engagement, and effect the ongoing relief effort?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-data">Continue reading...</a>Development dataGlobal developmentSomaliaFamineWorld newsMalnutritionFood securityAidAfricaWed, 22 Feb 2012 13:29:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-dataRoberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople in an IDP camp in Mogadishu queue for food, August 2011. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesRoberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesSomali people living in nearby camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) queue in Mogadishu on August 15, 2011, to receive cooked meals in the courtyard of a Somali Non-governmental organization who is partner with the World Food Program and who serves about 1,000 people daily with rations of cornmeal and vegetable soup. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesClaire Provost, Alex Graul, Irene Ros, Nicola Hughes, and Will de Freitas2012-02-22T13:29:00ZSomalia famine: how the world respondedhttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-interactive
In July 2011 the UN formally declared famine in two regions of Somalia. This interactive looks at aid flows, media coverage, web searches and twitter mentions to examine how the world engaged with the crisis before, during, and after the famine <br /><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-data">Explore and discuss the data behind this interactive</a> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-interactive">Continue reading...</a>FamineGlobal developmentDevelopment dataSomaliaFood securityAidMalnutritionMediaWed, 22 Feb 2012 11:15:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2012/feb/22/somalia-famine-aid-media-interactiveguardian.co.ukClaire Provost, Irene Ros, Nicola Hughes, Will de Freitas, Alex Graul and the Guardian Interactive team2012-02-22T11:15:00Z